Changing My Wifes's Name

[Bill & Bea 0]

My wife Bea arrived here from the Philippines last year on a K1 visa. We applied for and received her SS number/card in her maiden name. We were married using her maiden name. We had to apply for her Green card with her passport (with her maiden name. Her Philippine passport is, of course, in her maiden name. We received her Green card last month. Now, here is the question. All these things were generated with her maiden name; how do I go about changing them. What is the order in which we should start to change all of these?

She will be going back to the Philippines in April for a visit. I am assuming that she will be using her original Philippine passport.

Please, any information will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill and Bea

[payxibka 10,045]

This is not a K-1 Fiance(e) visa topic.... moving thread

[ThaitoUSA 15]

My wife Bea arrived here from the Philippines last year on a K1 visa. We applied for and received her SS number/card in her maiden name. We were married using her maiden name. We had to apply for her Green card with her passport (with her maiden name. Her Philippine passport is, of course, in her maiden name. We received her Green card last month. Now, here is the question. All these things were generated with her maiden name; how do I go about changing them. What is the order in which we should start to change all of these?

She will be going back to the Philippines in April for a visit. I am assuming that she will be using her original Philippine passport.

Please, any information will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bill and Bea

You could have used the marriage certificate as a means for a legal name change. Once my wife was married, we filed AOS under her married name (providing a copy of marriage cert.), changed the name on her SS card, opened a bank account in her married name, driver's license, etc.

Since you've already received the GC in her maiden name, I believe you should go about changing that first. Then you can change all other ID.

Anyone else have experience with this?

[Nik+Heather 121]

First step is usually with the SSN, you use the marriage certificate to change that. Then driver's license, then all the rest. Changing the name in her passport is something you'd have to work out with the Philippine system and I'm not familiar with that.

I wonder if you can change the name on the green card when lifting conditions, because it's going to cost over $300 to replace the green card now.

Edited September 8, 2010 by Nik+Heather